Chapter 1108
Changping County Lord 56
Chapter 1108 Changping County Lord 56
I didn't boast like that. You must know that there were 1 ingots of horseshoe gold and 200 taels of silver in the warehouse before;Now there are only 5000 taels of gold and [-] taels of silver left, nearly half of which have been used up.
Butler Xiao also had to remind: "For the competition after autumn, the bounty plus the money for buying arrows will cost about [-] gold, or even [-] gold."
Now half of it is removed again, and I am not such a prodigal!
Xining nodded: "Oh, I thought I made a mistake, but it seems to be the same. Then save some money."
What are you saving? It’s almost gone!
In the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the cold dew has passed and the frost has not yet arrived, and the weather seems to have finally cooled down.
The grain in the farmland has been sun-dried, peeled and put into storage. Although the weather is too hot this year and the harvest of all grains has failed, after the grain is handed over, there is barely enough to eat.Now there is nothing to do, just wait for the winter, next spring.
So at this time, the villagers will drag their families to the nearby county towns to go to the market.Sell the surplus grain, buy some daily necessities, and watch the beheading of the death row prisoners who were asked to be executed after autumn.
But this time there is a new program, which is the archery competition.
Three days before the game, the city gate posted a list, writing the rules clearly and plainly.There were also officials holding gongs and drums, beating and shouting: "From now on, within one month, all arrows that come in will not be allowed to leave the city. Those that can hit the target and can't be dropped will be bought by Shi Wen."
There are people who are interested in discussing what it means that the arrows in the city are not allowed to be taken away within this month.
The answer is, for the sake of fairness in the game, if you cheat on the arrows, you simply buy all the arrows, and you can check if you have any objections.
Archery is not a test of learning, so where can you say cheating?
It seems that the county owner is also a layman and doesn't understand anything.
The outer arrows cost twenty coins a piece, and there are also ten coins, but they are relatively rough.I heard that for the competition, the county lord specially set up a blacksmith's shop, and all residents of Linyi County can buy it, one penny for one arrowhead, and each person is limited to ten arrowheads.All in all, excluding labor, ten pennies is like giving away at least five pennies for nothing.
Now that the regulations are out, let the county lord do as he pleases. After all, the county lord is here, and even if she doesn't give money and wants to go, she can only give it.
Xining leaned on the soft cushion, flipping through the book.Since arriving here, she has been lying down almost every day, who knows that kneeling is the main thing here, and she really realized that it is better to lie down than to be comfortable.
Jing'er came in with a plate of peaches, and put them on the low table: "Master, this is a tribute from your majesty, and it was just brought back by Steward Lin."
The peaches are very big, one weighs half a catty.Only two were given, and one was a bit broken.This era is no better than the future. Concubine Yang Guifei 300 years later wants to eat lychees, and she has to transport them overnight by horses and horses.
Jing'er looked at the county lord, wondering which one the county lord would eat first.If you eat the rotten ones first, it proves that you are prepared for danger in times of peace, and that you eat bitterness first and then sweetness.If you eat the good first, you are seeking pleasure.
Five days later, the pigeon flew into the loft, and a person grabbed the pigeon and took a bamboo tube tied from its foot.Walking into the room, he handed the bamboo tube to a person sitting at the table.
This person opened the bamboo tube, took out a ball of paper from inside, and looked at the small script written on it.Then he picked up a pen and wrote down the words on the bamboo slips on the table.
Another incense stick of time passed, and the secret report was in the hands of the waiter.
The waiter read it out: "Taste the bad first, then the good, use up the bad, and leave the reward."
The King of Han was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly laughed: "She has tasted it all."
Xi Ning picked up a bad one, and bit the good part of the peach.
Then she picked up the other with the other hand, and took a bite: "It's still sweeter than rotten peaches."
So he ate the rotten peach, and took two bites of the other one: "I can't eat any more, Jing'er, you can eat it, it will go bad after a while."
"Thank you county master!" Jing'er took the peach and started to eat it.It is a lucky thing to be able to eat tributes, so it is possible to dislike those who have eaten twice.Moreover, the master had eaten it, so he rewarded it to show his respect for the King of Han.Otherwise, if you give the tribute to you, you will be able to catch the handle if you give it to the slaves.
After eating the peaches, Jing'er said curiously: "Today's game, it must be very lively there, but the county lord let them go from work, but the county lord didn't go to see it."
It's really lively. The street was originally filled with all the nearby villages coming to the market, and beheadings can also be seen.Now with the competition, there will undoubtedly be even more people.
Many craftsmen, small merchants and hawkers are carrying burdens to sell.Many entertainers in the arena also took advantage of this time to put on a stance.
Xining said with a smile: "I'm afraid of the excitement, but you, why don't you go and see?"
Jing'er complained a bit: "If the servants also go to see it, there will be no one in this mansion."
The county lord actually gave the people in the house two hours off every day to go shopping and watch the game.And now it happened to be the start of the game, so they all went to watch the excitement, and came back when it was almost time to come back.
"There will be no one! If you don't believe me, listen." Xining shouted outside: "Is there anyone, come here!"
"Swoosh, swish~" Three men in black flashed in, one ran in through the door, and the other jumped in through the window.
The three of them put their hands on the handle of the knife and looked around nervously to see if there was anything unusual.
Forget about these monitoring dead men... Jing'er rolled her eyes.
Xining smiled and said: "It's nothing, I just want to ask you why you didn't go out to watch the competition today. You are good at archery, maybe you can win a prize in archery."
The three dead men clasped their fists at each other: "You have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders, so you dare not neglect... Thank you, the county chief, for your compassion, and you dare not leave your post without authorization..."
Seeing that there are a few dead soldiers around is not bad, Xining nodded: "That's hard work, I will ask the kitchen to prepare some small wine and roast meat later, and let them take them home to eat when they get off work."
I knew that when the county lord called, something good would happen, and the dead soldiers bowed to thank them, and then "swished" where they came from and where they went back.
Seeing those two still jumping out of the window, Xining felt it was funny, did she really get used to jumping out of the window?
Because there are too many people participating, the competition will last for three days.
On the first day, if all ten arrows hit the target, they will be selected. Those who are selected can keep their arrows and continue to use them in the next round.
If not selected, the arrows will be bought in full.If you can't hit the target and want to sell the arrow, you can pick it up and continue shooting. All the arrows that can't hit the target can be bought for ten Wen.
In order not to affect the competition, a few targets were specially set up beside them for people to shoot. After the shooting, the money will be counted.
It took a month to get the arrows away. Some people simply sold the arrows because they couldn't wait that long.
For a time, spending money like water.Thousands of copper coins have been prepared a long time ago, but at the end of the day, there is not much left.
On the second day, there will be selection. A red circle is drawn on the target, and all ten all-shots within the red circle will be shortlisted.
The third day is the final, which is counting rings.
Everyone was looking forward to seeing the county lord, but the county lord hadn't seen it until the third day.It was only in the end that I found out that the county lord came here on the last day when the awards were about to be presented.
(End of this chapter)
I didn't boast like that. You must know that there were 1 ingots of horseshoe gold and 200 taels of silver in the warehouse before;Now there are only 5000 taels of gold and [-] taels of silver left, nearly half of which have been used up.
Butler Xiao also had to remind: "For the competition after autumn, the bounty plus the money for buying arrows will cost about [-] gold, or even [-] gold."
Now half of it is removed again, and I am not such a prodigal!
Xining nodded: "Oh, I thought I made a mistake, but it seems to be the same. Then save some money."
What are you saving? It’s almost gone!
In the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the cold dew has passed and the frost has not yet arrived, and the weather seems to have finally cooled down.
The grain in the farmland has been sun-dried, peeled and put into storage. Although the weather is too hot this year and the harvest of all grains has failed, after the grain is handed over, there is barely enough to eat.Now there is nothing to do, just wait for the winter, next spring.
So at this time, the villagers will drag their families to the nearby county towns to go to the market.Sell the surplus grain, buy some daily necessities, and watch the beheading of the death row prisoners who were asked to be executed after autumn.
But this time there is a new program, which is the archery competition.
Three days before the game, the city gate posted a list, writing the rules clearly and plainly.There were also officials holding gongs and drums, beating and shouting: "From now on, within one month, all arrows that come in will not be allowed to leave the city. Those that can hit the target and can't be dropped will be bought by Shi Wen."
There are people who are interested in discussing what it means that the arrows in the city are not allowed to be taken away within this month.
The answer is, for the sake of fairness in the game, if you cheat on the arrows, you simply buy all the arrows, and you can check if you have any objections.
Archery is not a test of learning, so where can you say cheating?
It seems that the county owner is also a layman and doesn't understand anything.
The outer arrows cost twenty coins a piece, and there are also ten coins, but they are relatively rough.I heard that for the competition, the county lord specially set up a blacksmith's shop, and all residents of Linyi County can buy it, one penny for one arrowhead, and each person is limited to ten arrowheads.All in all, excluding labor, ten pennies is like giving away at least five pennies for nothing.
Now that the regulations are out, let the county lord do as he pleases. After all, the county lord is here, and even if she doesn't give money and wants to go, she can only give it.
Xining leaned on the soft cushion, flipping through the book.Since arriving here, she has been lying down almost every day, who knows that kneeling is the main thing here, and she really realized that it is better to lie down than to be comfortable.
Jing'er came in with a plate of peaches, and put them on the low table: "Master, this is a tribute from your majesty, and it was just brought back by Steward Lin."
The peaches are very big, one weighs half a catty.Only two were given, and one was a bit broken.This era is no better than the future. Concubine Yang Guifei 300 years later wants to eat lychees, and she has to transport them overnight by horses and horses.
Jing'er looked at the county lord, wondering which one the county lord would eat first.If you eat the rotten ones first, it proves that you are prepared for danger in times of peace, and that you eat bitterness first and then sweetness.If you eat the good first, you are seeking pleasure.
Five days later, the pigeon flew into the loft, and a person grabbed the pigeon and took a bamboo tube tied from its foot.Walking into the room, he handed the bamboo tube to a person sitting at the table.
This person opened the bamboo tube, took out a ball of paper from inside, and looked at the small script written on it.Then he picked up a pen and wrote down the words on the bamboo slips on the table.
Another incense stick of time passed, and the secret report was in the hands of the waiter.
The waiter read it out: "Taste the bad first, then the good, use up the bad, and leave the reward."
The King of Han was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly laughed: "She has tasted it all."
Xi Ning picked up a bad one, and bit the good part of the peach.
Then she picked up the other with the other hand, and took a bite: "It's still sweeter than rotten peaches."
So he ate the rotten peach, and took two bites of the other one: "I can't eat any more, Jing'er, you can eat it, it will go bad after a while."
"Thank you county master!" Jing'er took the peach and started to eat it.It is a lucky thing to be able to eat tributes, so it is possible to dislike those who have eaten twice.Moreover, the master had eaten it, so he rewarded it to show his respect for the King of Han.Otherwise, if you give the tribute to you, you will be able to catch the handle if you give it to the slaves.
After eating the peaches, Jing'er said curiously: "Today's game, it must be very lively there, but the county lord let them go from work, but the county lord didn't go to see it."
It's really lively. The street was originally filled with all the nearby villages coming to the market, and beheadings can also be seen.Now with the competition, there will undoubtedly be even more people.
Many craftsmen, small merchants and hawkers are carrying burdens to sell.Many entertainers in the arena also took advantage of this time to put on a stance.
Xining said with a smile: "I'm afraid of the excitement, but you, why don't you go and see?"
Jing'er complained a bit: "If the servants also go to see it, there will be no one in this mansion."
The county lord actually gave the people in the house two hours off every day to go shopping and watch the game.And now it happened to be the start of the game, so they all went to watch the excitement, and came back when it was almost time to come back.
"There will be no one! If you don't believe me, listen." Xining shouted outside: "Is there anyone, come here!"
"Swoosh, swish~" Three men in black flashed in, one ran in through the door, and the other jumped in through the window.
The three of them put their hands on the handle of the knife and looked around nervously to see if there was anything unusual.
Forget about these monitoring dead men... Jing'er rolled her eyes.
Xining smiled and said: "It's nothing, I just want to ask you why you didn't go out to watch the competition today. You are good at archery, maybe you can win a prize in archery."
The three dead men clasped their fists at each other: "You have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders, so you dare not neglect... Thank you, the county chief, for your compassion, and you dare not leave your post without authorization..."
Seeing that there are a few dead soldiers around is not bad, Xining nodded: "That's hard work, I will ask the kitchen to prepare some small wine and roast meat later, and let them take them home to eat when they get off work."
I knew that when the county lord called, something good would happen, and the dead soldiers bowed to thank them, and then "swished" where they came from and where they went back.
Seeing those two still jumping out of the window, Xining felt it was funny, did she really get used to jumping out of the window?
Because there are too many people participating, the competition will last for three days.
On the first day, if all ten arrows hit the target, they will be selected. Those who are selected can keep their arrows and continue to use them in the next round.
If not selected, the arrows will be bought in full.If you can't hit the target and want to sell the arrow, you can pick it up and continue shooting. All the arrows that can't hit the target can be bought for ten Wen.
In order not to affect the competition, a few targets were specially set up beside them for people to shoot. After the shooting, the money will be counted.
It took a month to get the arrows away. Some people simply sold the arrows because they couldn't wait that long.
For a time, spending money like water.Thousands of copper coins have been prepared a long time ago, but at the end of the day, there is not much left.
On the second day, there will be selection. A red circle is drawn on the target, and all ten all-shots within the red circle will be shortlisted.
The third day is the final, which is counting rings.
Everyone was looking forward to seeing the county lord, but the county lord hadn't seen it until the third day.It was only in the end that I found out that the county lord came here on the last day when the awards were about to be presented.
(End of this chapter)